Improvement in spike-pullers



UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

R. A. FISH, OF VOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPIKE-PULLERS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,626, dated October 9, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, It. A. FISH, of the city and county of Vorcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nail and Spike Pullers 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side view of my improved nail and spike puller. Fig. 2 represents a bottom view, looking in the direction of arrow l; and Fig. 8 represents a side View of the handle or lever part and a section of the base part B.

It has long been a desideratum to obtain a nail-pnller by means ot' which the nails fastening the cover of a box could be easily removed, and that, too, without seriously injuring the box. Many attempts have been made, and many different devices have been presented to the public. Some of these are objected to for being too complicated, while others have been discarded by reason of their constant liability to get out of order. These and other objections, it is believed, are entirely y avoided in my invention.

In the drawings, A represents a strong iron handle or lever, having on the end an ovalshaped enlargement, to prevent injury to the hand. The lower part is somewhat iiattened out, as seen at O, while the lower end is made in bill form, as seen at a.

Lever A turns freely upon a pivot, b, supported in the sides F F of the base-piece B, which has a long narrow slot, G, for the free play of the lower end, O, of theleverA. From the front end of piece B projects a billhook, as seen at d, while the rear end, D, is flattened and somewhat rounded, as seen at j'.

In removing nails from the cover ot' a box the operation is as follows: The handled lever A is held in nearly a perpendicular position,

with the rear part, D, resting upon the cover, with the bill-hook ends a and d upon opposite sides of the head ofthe nail. A suitable blow is now given to end E with a hammer or mallet, by means of which the ends a and (l are forced down into the cover upon opposite sides of the nail-head, when, by quick back motion of lever A, its end ay is forced forward, thereby securely holding the nail between the ends a and d and as the force continues the front end of B is elevated, together with the nail, which is thus started from its position and raised above the surface of the cover of the hoX. If the nail is not sufficiently withdrawn by the first effort, a second attempt will generally raise it entirely from the box.

It will be observed that the pointI b forms the fulcrum of lever A for holding the nail rm between the ends c and d, while the rear part, D, acts as the fulcrum for drawing the nail. By reason of the curved or rounded part f, no injury is occasioned to the cover by indentation of the part D.

This device can be made and adapted for drawing nails of all sizes, and in any position where the ends a. and d can be placed so as to bite the nail, as above set forth. Although more particularly designed for pulling nails, it can be used for drawing spikes. It is simple in construction, and not liable to get out of order.

Having described my improved nail and spike puller, what I claim therein as of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of lever A, with its billhook end ,with the baseepiece B, having a bill-hook projection, d, and flattened rear part.,

D, constructed and arranged for joint operation as set forth.

RUFUS A. FISH. Witnesses:

THos. H. DODGE, H. L. FULLER. 

